Essential ColdFusion fast Developing Web-Based Applications [Paperback]

This book is aimed at giving the reader a working knowledge of ColdFusion. It provides instructional advice and explains how ColdFusion works with other web-based technologies. Plenty of working examples are included - also available on a website powered by ColdFusion. The author, Matthew Norman, has written a get started quick guide, which describes the setting up of a development system - he talks about how to achieve this on a budget, using techniques that are applicable to large scale operations. Anyone with a working knowledge of the Internet and who wants to learn more about what ColdFusion does and how they can start using it quickly will find this book invaluable.Essential ColdFusion fast gives the reader a working knowledge of ColdFusion and how to use it and how it integrates with other web-based technologies. Lots of working examples are included throughout, all of which are also available via a web-site that is powered by ColdFusion, which shows exactly how they work.
Matthew Norman has written a 'get started quick' guide to ColdFusion, in the style of the Essential series, describing the setting up of a development system. He talks about how to achieve this on a budget, using techniques that are applicable to large scale operations as well.
Anyone with a working knowledge of the internet, and who wants to learn more about what ColdFusion does and how they can start using it quickly, will find this book a real help.1. Why Use ColdFusion?.- Is this book for you?.- How this book is organized.- Versions of ColdFusion.- ColdFusion 5.0.- 2. Setting Up a Development System.- Prerequisites.- The PC.- Web Browser software.- Web Server software.- Microsoft Access.- ColdFusion Server software.- The Plan.- Installing the web server.- Installing ColdFusion.- Testing ColdFusion.- Creating a database file using Access.- Registering the file as an ODBC datasource.- Testing the installation.- 3. Counting Visitors To a Web Site.- The HTML way.- The vil3‹